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During the afternoon the members left their seats to assemble on the 

 steps of the building and be pliotographed. 



WEDNESDAY EVENING. 



There was even a larger attendance at the evening session than dur- 

 ing tlie day, the occasion being the annual address of the President, 

 George E. Fell, M. D., F. R. M. S.,of Buflalo. " Dr. Fell took a very 

 popular topic for his paper— " The Influence of Electricity on Pro- 

 toplasm." 



The speaker referred to the interest now centred in electricity, and 

 first considered protoplasm as it exists in human nature. Blood taken 

 from the temple of VVilliam Kemmler seven minutes after he was pro- 

 nounced dead shows peculiar changes, the corpuscles being in an ab- 

 normal condition. In experiments the resistance to continuous currents 

 has been greater than to the alternating current. The condition of the 

 parts must also be considered, because with dry hands one gives more 

 resistance than when his hands are wet in salt water. In many instances 

 the person taking a strong shock, on recovery says he felt no sensation, 

 the electricity paralyzing the brain. (This paper was published in full 

 in ^^c Journal ^ox August.) 



THURSDAY MORNING. 



In the absence of Prof. Rogers, of Waterville. Me., Prof. Ewell 

 opened the discussion on " Micrometry." It was followed with remarks 

 by Prof. Kellicott, Ex-Gov. Cox, Prof. Burrill, Mr. Woolman, and Dr. 

 Fell, on the advisability of adding more rnembers to the publication 

 committee. A motion to the etl'ect that the past presidents be added 

 prevailed. 



Prof. Ewell followed with two papers — " The Effect of Curvature 

 of the Cover-Glass Upon Micrometry," and " Description of Scale (5) 

 Manufactured by the Author in Pursuance of Resolution of A. S. M., 

 adopted in 18S9." 



The nominating committee was appointed during the morning session 

 as follows: Messrs. Kellicott, Manton, Mcintosh, Milnor, Seaman, 

 Woolman, and Mellor. 



Gen. Cox read the following papers at the morning session : "Ab- 

 normal Forms in the Diatoms and Conclusions Therefrom ; " " Review 

 of Some of the Generic and Specific Distinctions in the Family Cos- 

 cinodisceiV. 



The other papers announced on the programme were, " Fresh-water 

 Rhizopods of Oakland Co., Mich.," by Stuart H. Perry, of Pontiac, 

 Mich., and "Collodion and Iml^edding," by Prof Gage and Mr. G. S. 

 Hopkins. 



At 1 1.30 o'clock the meeting adjourned to an upper room, where Dr. 

 L. D. Mcintosh projected several specimens on a large canvas with his 

 solar microscope. The specimens of blood taken from Kemmler were 

 exhibited. The corpuscles taken from the brain were thrown on the 

 canvas at a diameter of about a foot, and their uneven and abnormal 

 condition was plainly shown. The corpuscles taken from the hip were 

 fully an inch and three-eighths in diameter when projected, the com- 

 parison revealing the terrible efiects of the current on the blood. An 

 excellent photograph of a man taken with the crystalline lens of a calf s 



